[3] Meghna Bridge is 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Dhaka.

[6][7] It was constructed by Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.,[1] (an independent engineering consulting firm in Japan that has been involved in projects in more than 80 countries).

Meghna Bridge is the single largest project with Japanese assistance in the world.

[4] The wing walls of the bridge are of RCC and are fixed with abutments and have no weep holes.

The reason behind this fall in traffic volume is attributed to increase in toll rate in 2002 and seasonal fluctuations.

The people surveyed opined that the number of traffic blockage caused by bad weather has been decreased since the construction.

The survey also found that 42% of the trucks using Meghna Bridge transport goods between Dhaka and Chittagong.